dividing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ

Adjective

dividing (not comparable)

1. Serving to divide or separate.

   We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

Derived terms

• dividing line
• dividingly
• nondividing
• undividing

Translations

of things that divide or separate

Galician: divisorio, divisor Latin: partiens, bipartiens Russian: раздели́тельный (ru) (razdelítelʹnyj)

Verb

dividing

1. present participle and gerund of divide

   Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

Noun

dividing (plural dividings)

1. An act of division.
   • 1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah:

     Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.